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Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism: Medieval Mystic Paths to GodFrom Christianity's earliest days, seekers have looked for "theosis", or unity with God. This volume contains three of the classic texts of medieval Christian mysticism, Jacob Boehme's "The Signature of All Things", Meister Eckhart's "Sermons", and the anonymous "The Cloud of Unknowing". Introduction gives...
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Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South AfricaFor 30 years, the African National Congress, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, was the core of opposition to the white supremacist apartheid regime in South Africa. After organizing strikes and founding the armed military wing of the ANC, Mandela spent...
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History of the Fabian Society; The Origins of English SocialismThe Fabian Society was founded in 1884, by a group of British intellectuals. Idealistic, enthusiastic and, perhaps, naive, reformers, the Fabian Society was the first major socialist group in the UK. Among its most prominent members were George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Bertrand Russell,...
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Hisat'sinom: Ancient Peoples in a Land Without WaterThe national monuments of Wupatki, Walnut Canyon, and Montezuma's Castle showcase the treasures of the first people who settled and developed farms, towns, and trade routes throughout northern Arizona and beyond. The Hopis call these ancient peoples "Hisat'sinom," and Spanish explorers named their hard,...
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Chickasaw Chief George Colbert: His Family and His CountryVery few people have lived a life comparable to that of Chickasaw Chief George Colbert; Butch Walker tells the story of this little known Celtic Indian man that lived a life worthy of a Hollywood movie in Chickasaw Chief George Colbert: His Family and...
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The Nikola Tesla TreasuryHere's the Tesla collection you've been waiting for: 214 figures; 668 pages; and 107 articles, letters to editors, and lectures. All the famous lectures and articles that you'd expect are here, such as A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers; Experiments with...
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The Art of WarNiccolo Machiavelli considered this book his greatest achievement. Here you will learn how to recruit, train, motivate, and discipline an army. You will learn the difference between strategy and tactics. Machiavelli does a masterful job of breaking down and analyzing historic battles. This book...
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The Teachings of Confucius - Special EditionThe teachings of Confucius have had as great an impact on the culture of the Far East as the Bible has had on that of West. As they are presented in this deluxe, hardcover volume, The Teachings of Confucius - Special Edition consists of...
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Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, BeijingPart of the first exchange agreement between China's Palace Museum and an American museum, Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from Palace Museum, Beijing accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. More than 200 works of art...
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Collected Writings of Chairman Mao - Politics and Tactics: Volume 2 - Politics and TacticsMao Zedong (also known as Mao Tse-tung) is regarded as one of the most controversial figures in modern world history. Having conquered the country, he ruled the People's Republic of China from its establishment as a Communist state in 1949 until the time of...
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Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature"Switek seamlessly intertwines two types of evolution: one of life on earth and the other of paleontology itself."--Discover Magazine""In delightful prose, Switek] . . . superbly shows that ' i]f we can let go of our conceit, ' we will see the preciousness of...
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Spirits of the Border: School SpiritsIn the series Spirits of the Border, the authors have discussed lost treasures, unsolved mysteries and hauntings along the southern border of the United States. In this newest installment, attention is concentrated on one of the most haunted parts of the country, the southwest...
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Search for the Navajo Code TalkersIt started with a newspaper article and a knock on the door. Sally McClain recounts how her path became unexpectedly entwined with that of the Code Talkers, Navajo veterans of World War II. The Code Talkers had been ordered not to speak of the...
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Tales of Two Cities: A Persian MemoirTales of Two Cities is an engrossing, cross-cultural memoir of revolution and exile. It is the story of a fifteen year-old Persian boy sent for his eduction from an old-world, pre-oil boom Tehran, to the new-world, avant-garde San Francisco of the 1960s. Abbas Milani...
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First Things, Last ThingsEric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer--begins with a macro view on the progress of civilization, ending with his crucible vision on the unique and transformative aspects of mankind. (Restored to print by noted author Christopher Klim.)Author:...
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Texas: A Compact HistoryTexas "a whole other country"-a slogan that promotes tourism as much within the Lone Star State as elsewhere-is familiar to native Texans and those adopted sons and daughters who "got here just as quickly as they could." Texas is as varied as East Texas...
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Spadefish: On Patrol with a Top-Scoring WWII SubmarineOne glance at the Spadefish (SS-411) battle flag shows that she was one of the most successful World War II submarines Spadefish was the only U.S. submarine launched in 1944 to become one of the war's top ten scoring boats. She downed six ships...
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Women of the Underground: Art: Cultural Innovators Speak for Themselves"It is not about provocation, reaction or even invocation, it is about transformation: mentally and physically."--Marina Abramovic, artist"Art is subjective, and if one sees something in an image, that projection is a reflection of the spectator, who sees what he or she wants to...
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Guide to the Battles of the American RevolutionGold Star Book Award for History, 2006, Military Writers Society of AmericaA Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution is the first comprehensive account of every engagement of the Revolution, a war that began with a brief skirmish at Lexington Green on April...
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Love RevealedA most unusual verse-by-verse meditation on the blessed words and actions of Jesus the night before His crucifixion as related in St. John's Gospel, chapters 13-17. Few Christian bookshelves today contain a copy of this rare volume. This is your opportunity to obtain a...
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